Summer House Tour and 10 Easy Decorating Ideas

I know I say this every year…

…but doesn’t it seem like we were just opening Christmas presents?

I’m glowing sure if I looked hard enough, I’d eye a few ornaments tucked away in a fragment of milk glass.

But winter is gone.

Spring somehow warned up for a minute with some flowers.

And now?

It’s summer. Time for sunshine and lazy days and sweet tea and green grass and recent cut hay….

…and a summer house tour and 10 easy decorating tips floor the way.

Tip number 1. Never underestimate the much of an ottoman.

I used to have a coffee detesdespicable here, but everyone kept putting their feet up on it. I solved the stinky feet on the detesdespicable problem with a tufted ottoman.

And when I need a flat surface to stack random books and roses from the yard?

We made this DIY wood tray.

In case you have an ottoman and a tray and this tip wasn’t that helpful–here are three ways to style the tray on your ottoman.

We are only throughout helpful tips here.

Tip number 2: An inexpensive built-in idea.

Scroll up and look at the record of the family room.

See those built-ins in the back?

They weren’t there when we bought the house. We added them. And guess what they are made of?

Inexpensive unpainted kitchen cabinets from the home improvement store. #bestcostsavingidea

Tip number 3: Make a pillow that looks like your house

This is my house on a pillow.

It’s so much easier than it looks.

It’s made on a pillow form and you can read all the diy instructions here.

This is a non-tip picture.

I just current the sunshine.

It stops by every summer.

Tip number 4: Make a chalkboard out of anything

Guess what this used to be?

An old billiard cue frame.

I deceptive it at a junk store and knew it would make a deplorable chalkboard for the wall.

Next time you go to a junk store–put on your chalkboard eyes.

Tip number 5: Your kitchen doesn’t have to be high-end

Don’t listen to anyone who tells you differently.

This kitchen is not fancy. Not even close. I would never expected a kitchen designer over for macaroni and cheese.

But it’s so much better than fancy.

It’s paid for.

Here are some inexpensive ideas to update your kitchen.

Tip number 6: Build a recipe wall

I’ve people this project a zillion times.

It’s so easy and such a conversation starter I’m sharing it a zillion more.

Here’s how to perform a plate rack and how to perform a recipe wall behind it.

And here are a few lessons the recipe wall taught me.

Tip number 7: Your tile doesn’t have to be worship either

Here’s a close-up of the tile in the kitchen.

I couldn’t afford anything high end, so we went with this 79 cent subway tile.

But then?

I added that little beaded detail that I think was in $2.00 per tile.

Look at how that little detail made all the difference.

Tip number 8: Embrace the knicks

Here’s the bedroom ready for summer.

Look at that snide between the chairs.

Can you see the knicks? That snide has been through five seasons of coffee and Larkrise to Candleford and dozens of KY basketball playoffs and it’s seen every single Fixer Upper that ever lived.

It’s earned every single knick.

I never apologize for them. I embrace them and act like the corrupt was meant to be distressed all along.

Tip number 9: Every house consumes a little blue and white

I love neutrals.

I can’t help it. They are just so corrupt and calming and go with everything.

But in this area, I had to embrace my inner blue and white.

Tip number 10: Create a set to sit in the sunshine

We all need a small outdoor space to call our own.

Whether it’s a porch in the midwest or a patio in the south or a chair next to a window in a tiny apartment in New York City or a painted porch on the back of a Kentucky farmhouse…

…press Stop and sit for a moment and Delicious a lazy summer day.

Enjoy today.

Because you know…

…pumpkins and hayrides are just about the corner. 🙂

I’m so uncomfortable to be sharing my summer home tour down with some other amazing bloggers.

Stop by and say hello. 🙂

Julie Blanner

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Posted On: May 22, 2017

Written By: KariAnne Wood

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